Register
now for “Labor’s
Legacy: Pennsylvania Industrial Art” on May 5, 2009. (Registration fee
includes
symposium, lunch, reception / exhibition opening, and book signing.)
Want
to see
more?
Join us the following day, May 6, 2009, on a bus trip to the PA State
Museum to
view the exhibition “A Common Canvas:
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Labor’s
Legacy:
Presented by
May 5,
2009
8:30
am–4:45 pm, Symposium
Location: American
Philatelic Society,
Speakers and topics
include:
Betsy Fahlman (
Eric
Schruers (Independent scholar)—An
Eye for Art: Edward Steidle’s
Artistic Legacy
Helen
Langa
(
Barbara
Jones
(
Hedy
da Costa
Nunes
(Muhlenberg
College)—Preserving
the Black Diamond Heritage:
Public Monuments to the Anthracite Industry in
William
Pencak (
Angela
Breeden (
David
Lembeck (
Jonathan
Mathews (
Julianne
Snider
(
Opening and closing
remarks by Russell
Graham, Director, Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art
Gallery,
5:30 pm–7:30 pm,
Reception and Exhibition Opening
Wonders
of Work and
Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art
Location: Earth
and Mineral
Sciences Museum & Art Gallery, Ground Floor, Deike Building, Penn
State
University, University Park (State College), Pennsylvania
Copies
of the newly
released book, Wonders
of Work
and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art, will
be available for purchase, and for signing by the authors,
Betsy Fahlman and Eric Schruers.
A
Common Canvas:
On
Wednesday May 6th symposium attendees will have
the opportunity to visit this exciting exhibit in its final days on
view. A bus will transport visitors from State
College to
In
1933, the administration of newly elected President
Franklin Roosevelt launched an ambitious program to place murals and
sculptures
in post offices across the country. To coincide with the national 75th
anniversary of the New Deal, The State Museum of Pennsylvania brings
together
these same artworks for the first time in this special exhibition to
offer a
common canvas of
This exhibit includes
photographs,
color studies, archival images, and original artwork associated with
some of
the 88 artworks commissioned for
This exhibition,
co-curated by the
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Labor’s
Legacy:
Registration
fee $50.00 per person
(includes lunch) An additional $20 is
required for the bus trip to
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-- Julianne Snider Assistant Director Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery The Pennsylvania State University 116 Deike Bldg. University Park PA 16802 814-571-6317
-- Julianne Snider Assistant Director Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery The Pennsylvania State University 16 Deike Bldg. University Park PA 16802 814-571-6317